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Just three months before Chi­                                                the disaster and millions were                                                                                                          Notable DEATHS


      na hosted the 2008 Olympics,                                                left homeless.  It was Chinas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          E R IC H   K A E B T N E B  1 0 7 ,  Jsnu-
      an earthquake of 79 struck                                                  worst earthquake in the past



      the province of Sichuan. Over                                               three decades. (Wang Jiaowen/                                                                                                           any  1  .  Believed  to  be  Germany's


      55,000 people were killed in                                                ColorChinaPhoto)                                                                                                                        last  World  War  I  veteran.






                                                                                                                                                                                                                          SIR E D M U N D   HILLARY,  BB, Jan u ­



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ary  1 1 .  The  firs t  man  to  climb


                                                                                                                                              j   1    F
                                                                                                                              ^ t
                                                                                                              Ml I r   W j i *   fJJ* 1                                                                                   Mount  Everest  died  of  a  heart
                                                                                                              [M 4fi (W
                                                                                                                                              y j j   *  5 *5  2 j
                                                                                                                          t ‘j J
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          attack.  He  was  also  the  firs t  man

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          to  climb  all  the  world's  mountains



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          over  2 6 ,2 0 0   feet,  without  sup­



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          plemental  oxygen.







                                                                                                                                                                                                                          E V E LY N   P IN C K E R T   " P IN K Y ”


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          BRIER,  B B ,  January  2 0 .  The



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          firs t  female  flight  instructor  in  the


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          United  S ta te s .  She  also  flew  non­



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          combat  missions  in  World  W ar  II



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          as  a  member  of  the  Women  A ir­


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          force  Service  Pilots.







                                                                                                                                                                                                                          H E A TH   LEDGER, 2 8 ,  January



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2 2 .  The  talented  actor  died  of


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          an  accidental  drug  overdose.  He



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          has  since  been  awarded  a  Golden



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Globe  award  posthumously  and  is


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          nominated  for  an  Oscar.








                                                                                                                                                                                                                          M A R G A R E T   T R U M A N ,  S 3 ,


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ja n .  2 3 .                                 The  only  child  of  fo r­


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          mer  President  Harry  S .  Truman



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          who  became  a  concert  singer,



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          a c tre s s ,  radio  and  TV  personality


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and  m ystery  writer.







                                                                                                                                                                                                                          W IL L IA M   F.  B U C K L E Y   J R ., B 2 ,



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          February  2 7 .  Columnist,  novelist,


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and  television  talk  show  host  was



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          the  founder  of  the  modern  con­



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          servative  movement.







                                                                                                                                                                                                                         T IM   R U S S E R T , 5 8 ,  June  13.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Influential  NBC  journalist  collapsed



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and  died  from  a  sudden  heart  a t­


                                                                                                                                                                                                                         tack  after  returning  from  a  family



                                                                                                                                                                                                                         trip  to  Italy  to  celebrate  his  son's


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          graduation  from  college.








                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A L E X A N D E R   I.  S O L Z H E N IT S Y N ,


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          8 3 ,  August  3 .  W riter  and  father



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          of  Russia's  nationalist  patriotic


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          movement  lived  to  see  his  home­



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          land  after  two  decades  of  exile,


                                                                                                                                                                                                                          only  to  be  distressed  by  what  he



                                                                                                                                                                                                                          saw  as  communism's  affect  on
       A young mother and her                                                      many live on a mere 46 cents a


       child sleep after being saved                                               day.  Even without the current                                                                                                         Russia's  character.



       by a rescue crew from their                                                 floods, the situation in Bihar is


       flooded village. Massive flood­                                             challenging. Already, vulnerable                                                                                                       S T E P H A N IE   T U B B S   J O N E S ,


       ing in northern  parts of India                                             groups could be pushed over                                                                                                            5 B ,  Aug.  2 0 .  Ohio  congresswom­


       forced 500,000 to evacuate                                                  the edge by this crisis,'  said                                                                                                       an  and  the  first  black  woman,


       their homes. The floods af­                                                 UNICEF Emergency Specialist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         elected  in  1 3 9 8 ,  to  represent

       fected almost 2.7 million in                                                Mukesh  Puri.(PRNewsFoto/Proj-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ohio  in  Congress  and  a  strong
       India. It was in areas where                                                ect Concern International)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         critic  of  the  Iraq  war.


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